Data Center Network Architect

Summary

Join New Era Technology as a Data Center Network Solutions Architect, designing and implementing solutions for enterprise and data center network environments. This role requires 10+ years of experience in networking, network security, and overseeing strategic technology programs for enterprise clients, with a strong preference for experience in global financial services, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, or managed services. You will develop engineering solutions, gather requirements, propose solutions, and prepare statements of work and bills of materials. Responsibilities include developing scalable solutions, identifying emerging technologies, providing oversight for configuration and maintenance, troubleshooting, creating documentation, and training deployment engineers. The position requires a bachelor's degree and strong communication skills. New Era offers full benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401k match, and 28 PTO days.

Requirements

• Ability to communicate effectively and professionally with all customer contacts
• Experience preparing SOW and BOMs
• Experience designing data center infrastructures with ACI and SDN
• Proficient with the design, installation, configuration, troubleshooting and monitoring of core routing and switching, LAN/WAN/MAN services
• Proficient in routing protocols: OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, MP-BGP & IS-IS
• Experience with Cisco APIC, Nexus 9k, 7k, 5k, 2k configuration and design
• Experience with Cisco Catalyst 9k, 4k, 3k, 2k series switch platforms
• Familiarity and/or hands on experience with SDWAN and Cloud Solutions
• Through understanding of IP concepts including routing, VRF, VXLAN, VLAN, QoS, tuning and capacity management concepts
• Utilizing scripting tools
• Ability to analyze and design network systems to achieve efficient and secure operation
• Excellent knowledge of TCP/IP, including packet-level traffic analysis
• Bachelor's degree in related technical/business areas
• 10+ years’ experience with enterprise-level network design and deployment with Cisco technologies
• English

Responsibilities

• Develop engineering solutions and explain technologies to customers
• Gather requirements and propose solutions including hardware and engineering services
• Provide recommendations on viability, implementation strategies and optimal implementation of solutions
• Develop design and system configuration based on technical requirements
• Prepare statement of work (SOW’s), level of effort and bill of materials (BOM’s) for projects
• Recommend enhancements/changes to system design as appropriate
• Develop scalable solutions for DC, LAN, WAN, WLAN, Firewalls, and other network devices
• Identify, research, evaluate and implement emerging network technologies
• Provide oversight for configuration, installation and maintenance
• Provide in-depth troubleshooting and documenting any network issues
• Create standard deployment and support documentation to be handed over to the network operations group
• Train deployment/field engineers for on-site deployment/troubleshooting

Preferred Qualifications

• Current Cisco data networking certifications i.e. CCNP, CCDP, CCIE
• Experience with Datacenter compute infrastructure design/integration
• Experience with Cisco ISE/Catalyst Center
• Experience with interoperability/integration with network security, cloud and wireless platforms
• Experience working in large enterprise networks

Benefits

• Full Benefits
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401K match
• 28 PTO Days including company holidays
• Remote